An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Seventhly and lastly, If the clouds do whatsoever God commands them, if they be such faithful servants to God, then surely the clouds will one day rise up, or come forth as witnesses against all that resist the commands of God: Not to obey them is bad enough, but to resist them is far worse. Christ would awaken the Scribes and Pharisees, by telling them (Math 12.41.) The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Judgment against this Generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching ⟨p. 513⟩of Jonah; as also the Queen of the South, because she came from far to hear the wisdom of Solomon. If Jesus Christ urged those instances of the men of Nineveh, and of the Queen of the South, to terrify that Generation for not obeying his commands, or fo• not receiving the Promises of the Gospel; doubtless then in the g eat Day, the very clouds and winds shall come in as witnesses against all those that have resisted the will of God in any of his commands. Have the Clouds (will he say) done whatsoever I commanded them? and have you resisted? have you cast my words behind your back, when the very Clouds have taken up, embraced, and fulfilled them? The Clouds will be a swift witness against all those that rebel against the commands of God: The Snow and Rain, the Winds and Storms fulfilling his word, will bring in a casting Evidence against all those who have cast his word behind their backs. All this we may read and see in the commanding power of God over the Clouds, and in their readiness to obey.

Seventhly and lastly, If the clouds do whatsoever God commands them, if they be such faithful servants to God, then surely the clouds will one day rise up, or come forth as witnesses against all that resist the commands of God: Not to obey them is bad enough, but to resist them is far worse. Christ would awaken the Scribes and Pharisees, by telling them (Math 12.41.) The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Judgment against this Generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching ⟨p. 513⟩of Jonah; as also the Queen of the South, because she came from far to hear the wisdome of Solomon. If Jesus Christ u•ged those instances of the men of Niniveh, and of the Q•een of the South, to terrifie that Generation for not obeying his commands, or fo not receiving the Promises of the Gospel; doubtles then in the g eat Day, the very clouds and winds shall come in as witnesses against all those that have resisted the will of God in any of his commands. Have the Clouds (will he say) done whatsoever I commanded them? and have you resisted? have you cast my words behind your back, when the very Clouds have taken up, embrac'd, and fulfilled them? The Clouds will be a swift witness against all those that rebel against the commands of God: The Snow and Rain, the Winds and Storms fulfilling his word, will bring in a casting Evidence against all those who have cast his word behind their backs. All this we may read and see in the commanding power of God over the Clouds, and in their readiness to obey.